SmartSearch 2.3 With New Capture Workflow Feature Praised By Independent Evaluator For Value, Ease Of Deployment And Control Panel Integration With MFPs

Square 9 Softworks, a leading developer of innovative, business-centric software solutions, announced recently that Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI), the world's leading independent evaluator of document imaging products and solutions, has recognized SmartSearch 2.3 with its Fall 2009 "Pick" award.

BLI's semi-annual "Pick" awards are given to hardware and software offerings that measure up as the best in BLI's comprehensive evaluations, which assess a wide range of the most important features and performance factors for buyers. SmartSearch 2.3 is Square 9 Softworks' flagship content management solution and won in BLI's Outstanding Workgroup Document Management Solution category.

"It is a tremendous honor to have SmartSearch selected by Buyers Laboratory as the winner of its Fall 2009 ‘Pick' Award," said Stephen Young, president and CEO of Square 9 Softworks. "Our entire team is thrilled to have our efforts recognized by this award because it affirms our commitment to developing innovative, cutting-edge solutions like SmartSearch. We believe SmartSearch is a truly unique software solution because it empowers businesses of all sizes to realize the enormous advantages of electronic document management affordably, easily and quickly."

Daria Hoffman, managing editor of BLI, praised SmartSearch: "With its remarkably low cost, ease of deployment and control panel integration with virtually any MFP, SmartSearch makes document management practical and approachable even for small companies and departments. The addition of workflow features in version 2.3 makes an already attractive product that much more appealing."

SmartSearch 2.3's Capture Workflow is a visually appealing and highly intuitive drag-anddrop design tool for creating automated import processes and delivers a wide array of tools for image capture automation. According to BLI, Capture Workflow "enables users to set up processes that, all in a single step, can automatically import documents from a watched folder and perform a range of actions on them—document clean-up, conversion into text-searchable PDFs and data extraction via barcode recognition, to name a few—before storing them in a specified archive."

"Other standard features" in SmartSearch 2.3, BLI observed, "include batch scanning with barcode recognition and blank-page separation, image enhancements and flexible annotation with a range of tools including highlighting, redaction, sticky notes, stamps and signatures."

Since 1961, BLI has been the leading independent office equipment testing lab and business consumer advocate. The lab's "Pick" awards recognize hardware and software products that provide the most outstanding performances in its exhaustive lab tests. Software solutions undergo an in-depth, hands-on review that focuses on key attributes for a solution's target market and compares how well the product stacks up against leading competitors in key areas such as value, feature set, ease of use, ease of administration, hardware compatibility, software integration, security and support.

A BLI "Pick" is a hard-earned award that buyers and IT directors can trust to better guide them in their acquisition decisions.

The SmartSearch Content Management Suite is a feature-rich solution suite that organizations of all sizes use to manage their documents electronically, driving efficiency and productivity across all business processes. Built for content management on the .NET platform using an open architecture design, SmartSearch is a scalable, value-driven solution that is easy to use, learn and support. From small businesses to the Fortune 500, organizations that rely on document-intensive processes use SmartSearch to manage documents electronically and streamline their workflow as they eliminate inefficient paper-based filing systems.

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About Square 9 Softworks
Square 9 Softworks is a leading developer of innovative, business-centric software solutions including the awardwinning SmartSearch Content Management Suite. Dedicated to making content management available to organizations of all sizes, Square 9 Softworks designs solutions built on open architecture and cutting-edge technologies that drive efficiency and productivity across all business applications.

Through decades of experience with content management technologies in business enterprises of all kinds, Square 9 Softworks has acquired a thorough understanding of document-driven business processes. Intensely customerfocused and highly responsive, the company delivers effective, value-driven solutions and has achieved a reputation for excellence in meeting the rapidly evolving needs of its customers.

Square 9 Softworks distributes its solutions exclusively through a network of highly skilled channel partners from its corporate office in New Haven, Connecticut. For further information, visit www.square-9.com

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